#JOE PATTERNO HOW TO#
The family mostly sits around and argues about how to spell Westley's name - with a T or without - and so far the T is winning.
Joe grew up in Cleveland, spent much of his life in Kansas Crty, and now lives in Charlotte with with his wife, Margo, their two daughters, Elizabeth and Katie, and their standard (huge) poodle Westley. 1 on the New York Times bestseller list.Īnd his latest book, "The Secret of Golf: The Story of Tom Watson and Jack Nicklaus: goes on sale June 9. "Paterno," a biography of Penn State football coach Joe Paterno, went to No. "The Machine," the story of the 1975 Cincinnati Reds, was a New York Times bestseller. “The Soul of Baseball: A Road Trip Through Buck O’Neil’s America,” won the Casey Award as best baseball book of 2007. “The Good Stuff,” was a collection of columns. He has been named National Sportswriter of the Year and twice was awarded the best sports columnist in America by The Associated Press Sports Editors.
Joe Posnanski is national columnist for NBC Sports. In this honest and surprising portrait, Joe Posnanski brings new insight and understanding to one of the most controversial figures in America. Paterno is the fullest description we will ever have of the man’s character and career. Within three months, Paterno died of lung cancer, a tragic end to a life that was epic, influential, and operatic. Joe Posnanski, who in 2012 was named the Best Sportswriter in America by the National Sportswriters and Sportscasters Hall of Fame, was with Paterno and his family as a horrific national scandal unfolded and Paterno was fired. Having gained unprecedented access to Paterno, as well as the coach’s personal notes and files, Posnanski spent the last two years of Paterno’s life covering the coach, on (and off) the field and through the scandal that ended Paterno’s legendary career. Joe Posnanski’s biography of the late Penn State football coach Joe Paterno follows in the tradition of works by Richard Ben Cramer on Joe DiMaggio and David Maraniss on Vince Lombardi. Published to coincide with Penn State football’s first season without their legendary leader.
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By America’s premier sportswriter, written with full cooperation of Joe Paterno and his family, Paterno is the definitive account of the epic life of America’s winningest college football coach.
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